{"product_id":"the-mongol-storm-9781399803557","title":"The Mongol Storm","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Brain-stretching . . . pulsating . . . irresistable'' \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Deeply researched and elegantly written - essential reading'' Dan Jones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Erudite, often thrilling and much-needed'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor centuries, the Crusades have been central to the story of the medieval Near East, but these religious wars are only part of the region''s complex history. As \u003ci\u003eThe Mongol Storm\u003c\/i\u003e reveals, during the same era the Near East was utterly remade by another series of wars: the Mongol invasions.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a single generation, the Mongols conquered vast swaths of the Near East and upended the region''s geopolitics. Amid the chaos of the Mongol onslaught, long-standing powers such as the Byzantines, the Seljuk Turks, and the crusaders struggled to survive, while new players such as the Ottomans arose to fight bac\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeeply researched and elegantly written - essential reading -- Dan Jones\u003cbr\u003eErudite, often thrilling and much-needed -- Daily Telegraph\u003cbr\u003eBrain-stretching . . . pulsating . . . irresistable . . . A reminder that the best history writing is eminently readable -- The Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003eRevelatory, lively and stocked with colourful personalities -- Literary Review\u003cbr\u003eThe most exciting study of the Mongols and their encounters with the peoples of the Near East I have ever read -- William Chester Jordan, Princeton University\u003cbr\u003eThis expert study casts the Middle Ages in a new light -- Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003eFor anyone who loves history, especially with military and diplomatic focuses -- Library Journal\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738927214935,"sku":"9781399803557","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-mongol-storm-9781399803557","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}